Modern embedded systems integrate more and more complex functionalities. At the same
time, the semiconductor technology advances enable to increase the amount of hardware …

Software engineering research now considers that no system is an island, but it is part of an
ecosystem involving other systems, developers, users, hardware, ... When one system (eg, a …

Purpose – Most of the process models concentrate on who does what, when, ie on the
description of the operational performance of tasks. The goal driven approaches try to establish a …

Software engineering research now considers that no system is an island, but it is part of an
ecosystem involving other systems, developers, and users. When a framework or a library …

Relational databases play a central role in many information systems. Their schema contains
structural (eg tables and columns) and behavioral (eg stored procedures or views) entity …

We consider requirements change due to system evolution which results from contextual
forces such as the decision to standardise practices across subsidiaries of a company. Our …

Modern relational database management systems provide advanced features allowing, for
example, to include behaviour directly inside the database (stored procedures). These …

Advanced reverse engineering tools are required to cope with the complexity of software
systems and the specific requirements of numerous different tasks (re-architecturing, migration, …

During software evolution, source code is constantly refactored. In real-world migrations,
many methods in the newer version are not present in the old version (eg,60% of the methods …

Complex artefacts, such as information systems (IS), have multiple aspects and components:
business processes, databases, architecture, or software. It is generally agreed that all …